Denise O’Sullivan 'one of the best players in the world', says Ireland boss

Ireland manager Vera Pauw has hailed Denise O’Sullivan as “one of the best players in the world”.

The Cork native recently helped North Carolina Courage to a second successive National Women’s Soccer League title in the United States and was named the club’s MVP for the second year in a row. Also for the second year in a row, the globe-trotting 25-year-old has now moved on loan as a guest player to an Australian club — this time it’s Western Sydney Wanderers, last year it was Canberra United — in order to continue playing competitively during the NWSL off-season.